Expert Details
Meteorology and Climate
ID: 727662
United Kingdom
During the first part of his career Expert worked as a weather forecaster. Initially, this work was with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology providing aviation and public weather forecasts. He then spent 10 years as a forecaster with Imcos Marine Ltd, a British company that specialised in providing weather forecasting services to the offshore oil and gas industries worldwide. Expert still provides bespoke weather forecasting for individual projects on an as required basis. The projects are very diverse, including oceanic transportation of oil rigs, major outdoor music events (e.g. a worldwide tour by Madonna) and filming of TV commercials.
Expert provides consultancy services to a range of industries where information on climate is required. These include the offshore oil and gas industries, the film industry and the insurance industry
He provided expert meteorological services to assist one of the parties involved in an insurance claim arising from storm damage during the construction of the tunnel/bridge complex linking Denmark and SwedenHe assisted solicitors acting for a cabin crew member making a claim against an airline after being seriously injured by sudden severe turbulence.He provided expert services in a case arising from a new roof covering on a sports hall being badly damaged by strong winds.He is currently providing expert services to one of the parties involved in the aftermath of the grounding of a large cargo ship.He provided an in-deoth analysis of the causes of a severe flooding event in Central Europe.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1961 | Degree: No degree - None was required to enter weather forecasting when I was starting my career | Subject: General schooling | Institution: Ardrossan Academy |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1996 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Partner | Department: |
Responsibilities:He is the Managing Partner in a small consultancy established in 1996 |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1980 to 1996 | Employer: Noble Denton Group | Title: Managing Director | Department: Noble Denton Weather Services |
Responsibilities:He was responsible to the Group Board for the running of the subsidiary, Noble Denton Weather Services. Also personally responsible for the provision of Forensic Meteorology services |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1970 to 1980 | Employer: IMCOS Marine Ltd | Title: Weather Forecaster | Department: Offshore Forecast Services |
Responsibilities:Weather forecasting for the offshore oil and gas industries worldwide. Last 2 years were spent in the London Hed Office in the post of Operations CoOrdinator |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1967 to 1970 | Employer: Australian Bureau of Meteorology | Title: Weather Officer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Weather forecasting for aviation and the general public |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1961 to 1967 | Employer: UK Meteorological Office | Title: Scientific Assistant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Weather observing (surface and upper air) and data processing. During this period he spent 3 years serving on board one of the North Atlantic Ocean Weather Ships |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
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| Years: to Present | Country / Region: | Summary: Work is normally carried out in his own office but he is available to travel for meetings, depositions and Court hearings. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Royal Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society Royal Institute of Navigation Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Society for Underwater Technology |
| Professional Appointments |
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| In his years with the Noble Denton Group he was Managing Director of Noble Denton Weather Services Ltd for 10 years and during the same period he was a Director of the main Group Board. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. Vice-President of the Royal Meteorological Society. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has presented more than 10 papers at conferences. In 1999 he was co-author, with W.J. Burroughs, of the book "Maritime Weather and Climate" |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| He has extensive experience since 1983 in the preparation of reports for use in Court and at Arbitration hearings. He has been instructed by many of the large law firms in the UK, particularly those specialising in maritime litigation and arbitration. He has testified in Court on a number of occasions both in the UK and in other parts of the world, including giving a deposition in Kansas City. He has a worldwide capability. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| In recent years he has run several training days on the subject of "Hurricanes" for a number of UK-based companies and trade organisations involved in the long-haul holiday industry to areas of the world affected by hurricanes and typhoons. The purpose of the training was to give the staff a better understanding of what the various forecasts and warnings really meant. This would assist them in their decision making as to whether or not to evacuate resorts |
Fields of Expertise
coastal meteorology, forensic meteorology, meteorological data, meteorology, weather, weather pattern, wind, forecasting, weather forecasting, atmospheric storm, climate, climatology, global climate, aviation meteorology, atmospheric dynamics, chaos theory, Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes model, air moisture, hurricane, atmospheric turbulence, weather requirements analysis, automated weather information system, dew-point temperature, probability distribution, moisture measurement, meteorological instrumentation, absolute humidity, relative humidity, aneroid barometer, barograph, barometer, diurnal, cloud, dew, atmospheric pressure, statistical method, natural disaster, chaotic behavior, snow, dew point, humidity measurement, pressure, radiosonde, cloud (meteorological), chart, meteorological balloon, weather radar, humidity, global climate modeling, climate change, global climate and atmospheric system regulation, global climate system, climate control, atmospheric science